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XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3 GB
7.5 out of 10

XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3 GB

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Reviews and Problems with XFX HD 7970 Black Edition 3 GB

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Overall 4
4.0

Deja Vu

Rutabaga, Newegg
3 weeks ago
  • Summary: -Artifacts from the get go (in all games)
  • Pros: Works well when there is no artifacts.
  • Cons: I'll make this quick since countless others have posted pretty much the same thing I was going to talk about.
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Overall 4
4.0

DOA/Caused system crashes

Newegg
4 weeks ago
  • Pros: Was amazing in the games that it worked with.
  • Cons: Many games (including the games it came with Bioshock Infinite and Crysis 3) would run amazingly for 5-10 minutes then crash, lock the computer, or BSOD. I was running...
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Overall 4
4.0

Crashes occasionally

Sheldon Melville, Amazon
17 April 2013
Overall 4
4.0

Almost terrible

Nick, Newegg
11 April 2013
  • Pros: It works
  • Cons: Voltage locked at a very low 1.175v, mine maxed out at a pathetic 1050MHz. Custom pcb and heatsink do not work as well as reference design. Its just as loud under load...
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Overall 4
4.0

Terrible expirience with the customer service and the cards are fast, but the power consumption and noise level are a bit high

customer 0815, Amazon
10 April 2013
Overall 4
4.0

This card is horrible

bmwdrvr, Newegg
8 April 2013
  • Summary: Got the first card and it worked great the first day. By day two it started developing artifacts while playing Crysis 3.
  • Pros: The card runs super cool and plays any game I throw at it on max settings with ease. The card looks awesome.
  • Cons: Where to begin...
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Overall 4
4.0

Graphics Corruption, poor support

Geran, Newegg
8 April 2013
  • Summary: *Their support is TERRIBLE, I have waited ~2 weeks for a reply to my latest email to them
  • Pros: *Great performance
  • Cons: *Starting to see graphics corruption in some games (black jagged areas, texture flickering, etc)
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Overall 4
4.0

Should have read the comments before purchase

Newegg
6 April 2013
  • Pros: When it works it works great. It was my plan to put two of these in SLI in my case. I have a 3930 cpu, a 256mb Samsung 830 ssd, and 1200 watt corsair power supply. My ...
  • Cons: Loaded Crysis 3 and immediately got scene tearing. It's really bad in Crysis 3. Does so after it heats up in Bioshock. Guild Wars 2 gets artifacts and tearing after ab...
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Overall 4
4.0

User Review

Chris, Newegg
22 March 2013
  • Summary: Other oddities include a random checkerboard-like flickering in approximately 300x300 pixel squares in random parts of the game (usually Agartha), including one instance
  • Pros: Low temps: 35C at idle, 65C under high (~80%) load.
  • Cons: Encountered random, significant flickering of shadows and dark areas in The Secret World. Examples include dead enemies in Darkness War, the ground in Agartha, the dis...
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Overall 4
4.0

2nd failure

Alpha_Mongoose, Newegg
16 March 2013
  • Pros: This is the 2nd card Ive tried and it worked great for 2 weeks.
  • Cons: Well I thought that my 2nd card was ok. It worked flawlessly for 2 weeks, now I get random reboots. I know for sure that its the card because I put my xfx 6970 back in...
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